Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09

amy and his hackers were sansuine. IL was
resolved not 10 give Ochiltree any warning or
time for preparation. The Arkansas cham
pion was suddenly sprung on him one even
ing at the Hoffman, when Thomas seemed out
Of trim.
The conversation was artfully turned on
frontier playfulneSs Thomas closed one eye
tbouChtfully One man said he had seen
Billy the Kid shoot two men i'll succession
through the pockets of his ulster at "A measured
distance of seventy yards Thomas head
drooped and he emitted feeble snore
Another told a CORY aneciote of Broncho
Sam. who kept three cemeteries going in
one horse town. Thomas was profoundly
asleep The Arkansas champion cleared his
throat, fixed one eyeon Thomas and the other
on the Bou.arau and thus filling his soul with
a double vision of beautv began. lie had just
dined with friend named Ridgely-N alter
RidCely. Walter was deacon Of the Metho-
dist church at Tcxarkana and secretary of the
Young Mons Christian Association. uiere
Mr.. Ochiltree opened one eye) He was one
of the mc-'lScst and longest suffering men IN
Arkansas licrc Tom opened IN" other eye.l
One day Riigely was crossing river
drummer was on the ferry. The dTummS
got into an argument with the ferryman ARD
agreed to leave the matter to kldgeiy.
Ridgclv accrptsl the position of mediator and
shot both fcrrymen dead. He thought that
was the best way of settling the question:
The ferrymcn each hail a brother. After the
double funeral. at which RIdgely OtlicIated
and offered up n tnuvhiug prayer, the brothers
slippel ont uf the cemetery and hid III the
bush at turn in the road Ridgely ap-
preached on his old roam mare singing "OVer
the Shining River" Both fired. Ridgely
dropped The brothers ran up They thought
him dead. Just as they bent over HIM he
raised un. wiuic,l at each and shot both their
heads off Then he mounted the old roam
mare and trottel in to lead the singing.
As the Arkansas champion finished this
simple little tale Tom nodded once or twice
and then bcSam:
We'll, hc slii, sieepily, that reminds ME
of Bill Shilling, Of Laredo. Bill was the
auictest mau in the town and tha: quiet you
couldn't think In the fall of 20 or the spring
Of '70-lcmme sect was i'll tn, because had
lust got back from my visit 10 the car at
St Petersburg. AlcCk and | were chums,
you know In 60 Bill Schilling was runnin
a barber shop in Laredo. was shiring my
fellow men at the Laredo bank, but Bill, he
said a razor was good enough for him. Wen,
one day | was in at SchillinG'S gettln my
stubble moved, n Bill was talkin' to me
about nv salvation, n then the chatter
turned on stump tailed bull pup Bill had, n
Bill was tclliu' me how in flea time that dog
would sometimes spin like buzz saw, try
inc to ketCh one Well, he was talkin,
n Bill Shawn easy, for my skins tenderer II
a MONKEYS, Bill ketches sight Of two men
comm by
Excuse me, kurnel,' said he. Certainly,
William said l. Then be slipped behind the
| door and kctched up shot gun 'n-plunk'-
| plunk,-he dropped 'em like frogs. glanced
around, because my skin is so tender was
afraid to have Bill get nervous, but he says,
still smiin', Beg pardon, kurnel,' and | says,
Not at all, William n he says, AS was
sayin'. kurnel, that bull pup, when he gets u
buck flea right on the TIP Of his tail-and then
/ he finished the story and gave me the cieanest
! shave | ever had In my life except last winter
/ when went o-Wall-s-t-r-e-e-t A
town marshal came in and nabbed him just
ns he was dashim' me with bay rum from ths
! Rio Grandr."
The colonel's eye had gradually closed dur
| inr this narrative His head sank quietly on
| his breast and he was sound asleep. The Ar
kansas champion gazel a minute or two IN
silence. Then he drew from an inside pocket
a gold me,lal he hal won in the interstate
contest last year, laid it reverently beside the
| co,onel and flud-Ncw York World.